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We talk to Schumacher

Posted by Jamie Hibbard at 12:45 pm on Tuesday June 23, 2009 64 Comments

Seems Michael Schumacher is busier than ever since his ‘retirement’ – between official Ferrari duties, parachute jumping and, er, the odd TV appearance – so we weren’t going to miss the chance to chat F1 with him.

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Turkey shootout

Posted by Jamie Hibbard at 12:18 pm on Saturday June 6, 2009 61 Comments

Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel pulled it out of the bag during qualifying in Istanbul for the Turkish Grand Prix, and not surprisingly, he looked pretty chuffed about it.

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Monaco 2nd practice: Lewis is on it

Posted by Sam Philip at 3:03 pm on Thursday May 21, 2009 25 Comments

Lewis Hamilton is up for Monaco. The world champion put in a storming, sliding run to record the second-fastest time in second practice on the narrow street circuit this afternoon, 0.2 seconds behind Nico Rosberg in the Williams. Rosberg loves practice.

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Monaco practice

Posted by Jamie Hibbard at 1:29 pm on Thursday May 21, 2009 3 Comments

It’s Monaco time, and the cars have been out on track today getting some practice in, as, unlike every other race of the year, they don’t do any running on Friday.
This is the race that every driver wants to win, so practice has been especially intense today on the tight and twisty street circuit.
Barrichello went [...]

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Only £40m? Come on, boss…

Posted by Sam Philip at 1:25 pm on Thursday April 30, 2009 118 Comments

Welcome to the biggest shake-up in F1 since, er, ever. The FIA has just announced a £40 million team budget cap within Formula 1 for next season.

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Bahrain GP: qualifying

Posted by Paul Regan at 1:16 pm on Saturday April 25, 2009 62 Comments

It’s an all-Toyota front row for the first time ever with Jarno Trulli then teammate Timo Glock chalking up two stunning last-minute quali laps in Bahrain this afternoon.